Date: June 14, 2018 Time: 6:00 pm  to  7:30 pm 6 PM Thursday June 14 at the Westport Free Public Library, 408 Old County Road, Westport Paul Pannoni of Westport Point and Dawn Manchester formerly from the Point announce the release of their book Biographies of Civil War Soldiers and Sailors of Westport, Massachusetts. The […]

Date: June 2, 2018 Time: 10:00 am  to  12:00 pm At the Westport Free Public Library, 408 Old County Road. 10 AM – 11.30 AM Saturday March 10,  May 5, June 2 at the Westport Free Public Library, 408 Old County Road. Besides Westport’s incorporation in 1787, how much do you really know about our […]

Date: May 5, 2018 Time: 10:00 am  to  11:30 am 10 AM – 11.30 AM Saturday March 10,  May 5, June 2 at the Westport Free Public Library, 408 Old County Road. Besides Westport’s incorporation in 1787, how much do you really know about our sleepy little town? Lexington, Concord and even New Bedford may […]

Date: April 14, 2018 Time: 10:00 am  to  11:30 am PLEASE NOTE: APRIL 14 SESSION HAS BEEN CANCELLED. CHECK WEBSITE FOR UPDATES. At the Westport Free Public Library, 408 Old County Road. 10 AM – 11.30 AM Saturday March 10, April 14, May 5 at the Westport Free Public Library, 408 Old County Road. Besides […]

Date: March 10, 2018 Time: 10:00 am  to  11:30 am 10 AM – 11.30 AM Saturday March 10,  May 5, June 2 at the Westport Free Public Library, 408 Old County Road. PLEASE NOTE APRIL 14 SESSION HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR MAY 5 Besides Westport’s incorporation in 1787, how much do you really know about […]

Date: January 13, 2018 Time: 10:00 am  to  12:00 pm 10 AM Saturday January 13 at the Westport Free Public Library, 408 Old County Road, Westport R. Andrew Pierce will present research into the Wampanoag families of the Westport. 19th century New England genealogists largely ignored Native Americans, who despite centuries in the area, had […]

Date: December 1, 2017 Time: 10:30 am  to  12:00 pm 10.30 AM Friday December 1 at the Westport Free Public Library, 408 Old County Road, Westport Local historian and genealogist Richard Gifford will explore the stories of the first generation of settlers in Westport in the 17th century who were drawn by an abundance of […]

Date: October 28, 2017 Time: 10:00 am  to  3:00 pm   The witch flies again at the Westport Historical Society’s popular free Halloween program at the historic Handy House. “Dr. Handy and the Spooky Spirits” offers children and their families a chance to enjoy the season with a little spookiness and a lot of fun. […]

Date: October 19, 2017 Time: 6:00 pm  to  7:30 pm 6 PM Thursday October 19 at the Westport Free Public Library, 408 Old County Road, Westport A short business meeting will be followed by: The Slave Trade in New Bedford on the Eve of Civil War presented by Tony Connors, President of the Westport Historical […]

Date: October 1, 2017 Time: 10:00 am  to  12:03 pm Handy House Artisan Fair